By Bryan Le

The latest snappily-named synthetic drug is blamed for at least nine hospitalizations. MORE  

By May Wilkerson

A two-part investigation into the potential therapeutic properties of MDMA, involving illicit drug use by volunteers on live TV, causes controversy. MORE  

By May Wilkerson

Former Mexican liaison to the US charged with cartel involvement, UK heroin users face anthrax threat, and new Mark Ruffalo film explores sex addiction and recovery. MORE  

By McCarton Ackerman

Thousands whose addictions leave them unable to work live off state subsidies—highly controversial in the current economic climate.  MORE  

By Bryan Le

Why US addiction treatment isn't truly "medical," American Legion challenges Indiana smoking ban, and heroin burrito-smuggling deputy jailed. MORE  

By Tony O'Neill

If you believe the lurid headlines, addicts across America are ingesting bath salts and transforming into crazed cannibals. This trend, like many, actually hit first in England, where a bath salt ban only increased the problem. MORE  

By Bryan Le

In a scathing newspaper letter, prominent expert David Nutt accuses the British Lung Foundation of scaremongering on cannabis and cancer. MORE  

By Bryan Le

The UK boy band has vowed to get good boy Justin Bieber boozed up during his next visit. MORE  

By McCarton Ackerman

Britain suffers a particularly heavy alcohol toll, even for the world's heaviest-drinking continent. MORE  

By May Wilkerson

Marijuana may ease MS symptoms, Britain's (still) bedeviled by binge drinking, and Ted "Golden Voice" Williams is a year clean. MORE